Boring Company earns approval for garage that connects to underground tunnel

The company recently bought a private residence abutting the one mile underground tunnel it already built beneath 120th Street between Hawthorne Boulevard and Prairie Avenue near SpaceX. It’s from … | Continue reading


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With ‘McMansions’ in crosshairs, Fremont putting squeeze on two-story homes

At issue are so-called “mega-homes” or “McMansions,” that some residents say disrupt community character, block views and eliminate privacy. | Continue reading


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‘Googley’ does not mean ‘young,’ Google claims in age-bias lawsuit

Google launches rebuttal at lawsuit claim that its recruiters used “Googleyness” as a filter to exclude older workers. | Continue reading


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More 58& of tech workers say they delayed kids because of soaring cost of living

In a new poll, Apple had the largest portion of employees who said they had been forced to delay starting a family. | Continue reading


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Letter: So now Apple and Intel have joined in sparring with Trump

The U.S. doesn’t need just more of what appears to be Trump’s usual bash-everything-in-sight approach. | Continue reading


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UC loses legal fight over CRISPR gene editing patents

A federal appeals court has rejected arguments that UC Berkeley has exclusive rights to patents for the powerful CRISPR gene-editing tool, upholding patents held by Harvard-MIT’s Broad Instit… | Continue reading


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Elon Musk goes on Joe Rogan's podcast tonight

Tesla’s CEO has had a whirlwind couple of weeks. Is his podcast appearance tonight a brilliant move or bum idea? | Continue reading


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Apple, Google, Genentech appeal property assessments

High-stakes maneuvering over taxation, with hundreds of millions of dollars in property taxes up for grabs, is playing out around the Bay Area. It’s pitting some of the region’s biggest… | Continue reading


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The students were not allowed to leave on the plane but were re-booked onto a flight Saturday. | Continue reading


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Activist investor pushes Tesla Apple and others to disclose employment practices

Activist firm CtW is asking more than 30 big-name companies to disclose information about non-compete agreements, no-poaching rules, mandatory arbitration or non-disclosure agreements. | Continue reading


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Study: Safest level of alcohol consumption is none

To minimize health risks, the optimal amount of alcohol someone should consume is none. That's the simple, surprising conclusion of a massive study, co-authored by 512 researchers from 243 ins… | Continue reading


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Opinion: Stop with the selfies, experience WONDER- especially at the observatory

A college professor muses on kids being so obsessed with posting photos during their planetarium visit that they miss the wonder of the universe. | Continue reading


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Chinese national took stolen secrets to China firm Elec-Tech Jury: $66M damages

Company hit with $66 million in damages denies theft, says it will appeal. | Continue reading


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Facebook misled advertisers, inflated reach, lawsuit says

A lawsuit alleges that Facebook inflated its potential reach to sell more ads and compared Census data with Facebook’s numbers to show the disparity. | Continue reading


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H-1B visa use skyrocketed among Bay Area tech giants

“It may be that they were stocking up because things turned dark,” says one expert of the increase that came as Trump embarked on an immigration crackdown. | Continue reading


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H-1B: India's HCL discriminates against non-Indians, “games” USA visa system

HCL gobbles up more H-1B visas than it can use and favors Indian workers in its hiring and employment practices, lawsuit claims. | Continue reading


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North Face HQ leaving Bay Area; hundreds of jobs affected

The headquarters of North Face and JanSport, which are owned by the same parent company, are heading to Denver. Hundreds of employees who work for them will be offered the chance to move. | Continue reading


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Bomb squad blows up ozone measuring equipment – The Mercury News

What was first thought to be a possible explosive device that dropped from the sky in Castro Valley turned out to be ozone testing equipment that was blown up by the sheriff’s bomb squad. | Continue reading


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He hugged Tim Cook, then was homeless by the roadside, asking for a job

David Casarez had lost his van and was homeless before a decision to hold up a sign at a Mountain View road junction changed his life. | Continue reading


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PG&E is spending big in Sacramento as it struggles with costs of North Bay fires

Pacific Gas & Electric has poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into efforts to change state laws in recent months, nearly doubling its lobbying expenses in an attempt to shift the financial… | Continue reading


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San Francisco officials follow Mountain View with bid to ban free lunch

Company cafeterias, many with three free meals a day, have mushroomed in the city in recent years, supe says. | Continue reading


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Outgoing SPUR director explains how the rent is too damn high in the Bay Area

The short answer: The rent is too darn high. | Continue reading


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Palo Alto: Suspect asks residents to use their Wi-Fi during burglary, police say

Arrested juvenile boy asked residents if he could use their Wi-Fi after breaking into home | Continue reading


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Russian-spy hookers targeting tech leaders in Silicon Valley?

The region is crawling with Chinese and Russian spies amid an ‘epidemic’ of espionage, report says. | Continue reading


@mercurynews.com | 6 years ago

H-1B visa denials up after Trump's “Hire American” executive order

Denials of the controversial visa intended for highly skilled foreign workers started to rise after President’s order, institute says. | Continue reading


@mercurynews.com | 6 years ago

$1B coming to Bay Area for two new dams

Among the eight projects is a new 319-foot-tall dam at Pacheco Pass, in southern Santa Clara County. | Continue reading


@mercurynews.com | 6 years ago

Renters beware – scammers trying to steal deposits with fake ads

A Los Gatos woman who advertised her single-family for rent found out an apparent scam artist had re-purposed her ad in an attempt to defraud potential renters. | Continue reading


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Wash. Post's Mark Thiessen: Why Democrats Are Powerless to Block Trump Nominee

Progressives have no one to blame but their own political miscalculations | Continue reading


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PG&E wildfire state bill AB33 blasted as bailout by some, deemed vital by others

AB 33 — which began as a measure about electric vehicles — has been gutted and transformed into a vehicle to help PG&E pass on to ratepayers much of the financial burden that could … | Continue reading


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My Bloody Valentine review: My earplugs needed earplugs

My Bloody Valentine cranked it up for fans as the band brought its first tour in five years to the Fox Theater in Oakland for a two-night stand. | Continue reading


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Facebook to CNN: InfoWars offers “opinion and analysis,” will stay on platform

When pressed on why Facebook won’t take down InfoWars, an extreme right-wing media outlet which peddles false conspiracy theories, Facebook said InfoWars did not violate its community standar… | Continue reading


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PC sales rise for first time in six years

Thanks to sales for business customers, PC shipments during the second quarter showed their first year-over-year gain in six years, according to tech research firm Gartner. | Continue reading


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Bay Area would rank No. 19 in world economies

New report shows the Bay Area’s surge in the global economic rankings. | Continue reading


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Is it great to be a worker in the US? Not compared w rest of the developed world

The U.S. labor market is hot. So why does a large subset of workers continue to feel left behind? | Continue reading


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Opinion: Don’t damage our democracy by breaking up big tech

The “dangers to liberty” standard for antitrust enforcement could be a danger to liberty. | Continue reading


@mercurynews.com | 6 years ago

Facebook shared user info with 52 hardware, software makers

Yet Facebook left many lawmakers’ questions unanswered. It didn’t say repeatedly why Facebook didn’t audit apps like the one at the heart of the Cambridge Analytica controversy be… | Continue reading


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Obama's Chief Counsel for Seattle ICE sentenced to 4 years for ID theft, fraud

Raphael Sanchez, a former chief counsel for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Seattle was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison for stealing the identities of undocumented immigrants… | Continue reading


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San Jose may start cracking down on rampant use of scooters

Like other cities, San Jose is considering limiting the number of scooter companies that can operate within its borders. | Continue reading


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Burning Man art gets extended stay in San Jose

Tara Mechani, a 15-foot-high metal sculpture, will spend the summer in Plaza de Cesar Chavez. | Continue reading


@mercurynews.com | 6 years ago

New California redwood park larger than Muir Woods created on Sonoma Coast

It also has more old-growth redwoods than Muir Woods, including many that are taller than the Statue of Liberty. | Continue reading


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The school that Elon Musk built

As you might imagine, Ad Astra — which operates in a corner at Space X in Hawthorne and is attended by Musk’s sons — is not your average school. A new report provides a peek. | Continue reading


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Mountain View head tax on Google, other firms goes to final vote

Prominent business group says head taxes can discourage job creation and hurt small companies. | Continue reading


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Median price tag for a Silicon Valley home hits $935,000

Skyrocketing housing prices continued their upward climb in May, while the number of sales inched up. | Continue reading


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23andme donating DNA kits to help reunite migrant families

The Mountain View-based company said it’s looking into Speier’s request. | Continue reading


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Musk: Tesla hit by 'damaging sabotage' by employee

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk has told the company that an employee recently engaged in “extensive and damaging sabotage” by hacking into and changing the code in Tesla’s manufa… | Continue reading


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H-1B visa alternative ‘OPT’ grew 400 percent in eight years: report

Pew Research report highlights Bay Area school recently attacked by a U.S. Senator as a possible ‘visa mill.’ | Continue reading


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Humans cause wild critters to adopt the night life

Humans are influencing the behavior of wild animals, causing them to flee daylight and seek the cover of darkness for protection, according to a new study from UC Berkeley. | Continue reading


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Nation’s top three most expensive places for renters: all in Bay Area

A minimum-wage worker in San Jose would need almost four full-time jobs to afford a two-bedroom rental apartment. | Continue reading


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